Pioneer staples: Creature removal or Counterspells or Recursion

112 cards played in at least 2% of the 3159 Pioneer decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (32% of decks).

Main deck (72)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	32.1%	1.0
2	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	28.4%	3.9
3	Otawara, Soaring City Legendary Land	Legendary Land	24.2%	1.0
4	Reckless Rage Instant	Instant	23.2%	3.4
5	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	23.1%	3.5
6	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	21.1%	4.0
7	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.1%	3.1
8	Screaming Nemesis Creature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	17.4%	3.0
9	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.8%	2.1
10	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	13.2%	1.2
11	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	12.5%	3.0
12	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	12.3%	3.5
13	Greasefang, Okiba Boss Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	10.7%	4.0
14	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	10.2%	1.4
15	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	8.1%	2.1
16	Fiery Impulse Instant	Instant	7.5%	3.7
17	Go for the Throat Instant	Instant	7.5%	1.2
18	Get Lost Instant	Instant	7.0%	3.4
19	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.6%	1.0
20	Thundering Broodwagon Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact — Vehicle	6.5%	2.4
21	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	6.4%	1.4
22	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.4%	2.2
23	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	6.2%	2.5
24	Tear Asunder Instant	Instant	6.0%	1.1
25	Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	5.9%	1.1
26	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.5
27	Lightning Axe Instant	Instant	5.7%	2.3
28	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.1
29	Divide by Zero Instant	Instant	5.2%	3.9
30	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.1%	2.7
31	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.0%	3.7
32	No More Lies Instant	Instant	5.0%	4.0
33	The Wandering Emperor Legendary Planeswalker	Legendary Planeswalker	4.8%	2.8
34	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.4
35	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.2
36	Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	4.8%	2.6
37	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.0
38	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.3
39	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
40	Temporary Lockdown Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	3.5
41	Collective Brutality Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	1.8
42	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.2
43	This Town Ain't Big Enough Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.0
44	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.3
45	Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	4.3%	1.2
46	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	4.1%	4.0
47	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.2
48	Voldaren Thrillseeker Creature — Vampire Warrior	Creature — Vampire Warrior	4.1%	1.0
49	Erode Instant	Instant	3.9%	2.8
50	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
51	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
52	Skyclave Apparition Creature — Kor Spirit	Creature — Kor Spirit	3.3%	3.7
53	Floodpits Drowner Creature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	3.3%	4.0
54	Farewell Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
55	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.1
56	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	3.0%	4.0
57	Momentum Breaker Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	3.8
58	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.3
59	Prismari Command Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.6
60	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.5
61	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
62	Get Out Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
63	Aftermath Analyst Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	2.5%	1.9
64	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.5%	4.0
65	Port of Karfell Land	Land	2.5%	3.9
66	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	2.5%	1.6
67	Witherbloom Command Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	2.3
68	Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	2.4%	2.8
69	Vibrance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	2.2%	2.7
70	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.6
71	Cavalier of Thorns Creature — Elemental Knight	Creature — Elemental Knight	2.0%	3.9
72	Scavenger's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.0%	2.9

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Sideboard (61)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Redcap Melee Instant	Instant	25.1%	1.9
2	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.7%	1.0
3	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	21.4%	2.1
4	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	19.6%	1.0
5	Scorching Shot Sorcery	Sorcery	19.5%	2.2
6	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	19.2%	1.0
7	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	15.3%	1.0
8	Invoke Despair Sorcery	Sorcery	14.8%	2.4
9	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	13.7%	1.8
10	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	13.5%	1.4
11	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	12.8%	1.4
12	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	12.2%	2.0
13	Abrade Instant	Instant	11.7%	1.4
14	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.9
15	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	11.0%	2.0
16	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.1
17	Flowstone Infusion Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.9
18	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	8.2%	1.3
19	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	7.8%	1.3
20	Ray of Enfeeblement Instant	Instant	7.6%	1.9
21	Languish Sorcery	Sorcery	7.6%	1.6
22	Pest Control Sorcery	Sorcery	7.0%	2.2
23	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
24	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	5.9%	1.4
25	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.8%	1.8
26	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	5.8%	1.7
27	Ruinous Waterbending Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
28	True Ancestry Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
29	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
30	Rending Volley Instant	Instant	4.5%	1.3
31	High Noon Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	2.2
32	Seam Rip Enchantment	Enchantment	4.1%	2.8
33	Extinction Event Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
34	Anger of the Gods Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	1.4
35	Annul Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
36	Path of Peril Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	1.4
37	Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	1.6
38	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.0
39	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.5
40	Sokka's Haiku Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	3.2%	1.3
41	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.9
42	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.0%	1.9
43	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
44	Grim Bauble Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	3.0
45	End of the Hunt Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.0
46	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	2.5%	2.2
47	Withering Curse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	1.0
48	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.9
49	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	2.4%	1.5
50	Test of Talents Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.4
51	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.1
52	Get Lost Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
53	Portable Hole Artifact	Artifact	2.2%	2.4
54	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
55	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.9
56	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.4
57	Aether Gust Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.1
58	The Meathook Massacre Legendary Enchantment	Legendary Enchantment	2.1%	1.2
59	Negate Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
60	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.1
61	Narset's Reversal Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.4

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